At least until mid-January, when an email appeared in my inbox: “Yooooooo, happy new year fam.
Months went by, and-save for two brief one-line check-ins on my recovery (I’m fine now, thanks!)-Kanye was ghost. I thought of Kanye in Italy, I thought of his trials here in the States, and I thought: “This is about to get really. Riiiiiiiight.Ĭonversation over, we hung up, but my mind went to the story behind the Rolling Stones LP Exile on Main Street the band had recorded it entirely in the South of France, due to a seven-figure tax debt that kept them off English soil. He also admitted that he had beats in his head-ones that sounded like 808s melodies over Mobb Deep drums, no less-that he had to get out. In response, he shared rhymes from a still-never-released song he’d done with Jay Z and Jack White and talked at length about trying to master the physicality of rap. While I encouraged his pursuit since he was so obviously enthused, I confessed that it’d be a bummer if he abandoned music altogether. Now, he was all about fashion-red leather, gold details, and recapturing the decadence of late-’90s hip-hop in design. He’d clearly needed a break, and his subconscious had manufactured one.
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Besieged and apologetic-but defiant-Kanye explained the fragile, overworked mental state that led to the outburst, his disgust with the ensuing media storm, and why he’d suddenly, and seemingly indefinitely, gone full ex-pat.
Believe me.) Which is why, when I finally got around to explaining my condition over email, I received this concerned phone call from Milan, like, four minutes later.Īfter I hurried through the uncomfortable explanation of where I was at, the commiserating naturally turned to the major event in his life. And yes, Kanye West and I do periodically catch up. Kanye and I had exchanged emails days after the Taylor Swift incident, but between him being inundated with criticism and my own personal distraction-a recently discovered brain tumor, of all things-this conversation, a month later, was our first real catch-up. He was, of course, referring to “what happened” at the 2009 VMAs, one week after the video shoot. If you do, you can’t tell me you’re surprised by what happened.
“I mean, really look in my eyes in the ‘Run This Town’ video. It had been over a year since the completion of his last LP, 808s & Heartbreak, but this conversation was my first glimpse of what would become My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
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